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5 Exercises to Increase Your Strength (And Make You Look Like a Total Badass)

There are certain exercises that have magical powers. Exercises that make you feel like an unstoppable force of nature.

These exercises are immediate confidence boosters. They’re vessels of empowerment.

If you’re avoiding these exercises in the gym because they “look scary,” you’re missing out on one of the best benefits of lifting weights.

Because, for women, lifting weights is about much more than just looking better naked. It’s about feeling better, it’s about being empowered, and it’s about feeling proud of what our bodies can DO rather than how we’ve been told we’re supposed to look.

Want to be empowered? Practice these 5 exercises in the gym.

Bodyweight Chin Ups.

Do you know that only 15-20% of men can’t do a full chin up?

So how fricken’ awesome must it be to be cooler than 80% of men? Yeah.

Something about hoisting your bodyweight up and over a bar is just… so rad.

Can’t do one yet? No worries.

Beginner: Inverted Rows

Intermediate: Band Assisted Chin Up

Advanced: Bodyweight Chin Up

Deadlifts.

The cool thing about deadlifting? There’s no cheating, no half-reps, no “well you kinda did it.”

“Women who lift don’t slouch because after a spending a certain amount of time pulling backward on a weighted barbell, standing tall without it is easy. Inevitably and over time, women who lift have learned that it’s OK to take up space because lifting relatively heavy weights is a skill that leads to a host of benefits that can’t help but expand beyond the weight room.”

Beginner: Donkey Kicks

Intermediate: Wall kick ups

Advanced: Unassisted Handstand Hold (look ma, no hands legs!)

Your workout program shouldn’t feel stale or boring. It should make you feel strong, empowered, and most importantly–get results. So I wrote the Lean & Strong Badass Blueprint which includes 20 FREE workouts to blast fat and build strength fast. Just plug your info in below and I’ll drop it in your inbox in less than 60 seconds.